Unmarried Sri Lankan youth: sexual behaviour and contraceptive use

Table 2 Association of Socio-economic characteristics with ever engaged in sexual intercourse among unmarried youth

Variable	Ever engaged in sexual intercourse						Test statistics	Sig.
	Yes		No		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Ethnicity
Sinhala	122	19.6	499	80.4	621	100.0	χ² = 20.13	< 0.01**
Tamil	28	9.4	269	90.6	297	100.0
Moor	34	24.5	105	75.5	139	100.0
Sector
Urban	82	20.1	325	79.9	407	100.0	χ² = 5.65	0.059
Rural	55	18.0	250	82.0	305	100.0
Estate	47	13.6	298	86.4	345	100.0
Level of education
Grade 1-10	9	16.7	45	83.3	54	100.0	χ² = 2.96	0.398
Passed GCE(O/L)	83	18.2	374	81.8	457	100.0
Passed GCE(A/L)	47	14.6	274	85.4	321	100.0
Technical/Dip/Undergraduate/Degree	45	20.0	180	80.0	225	100.0
Family environment
Positive	147	17.7	683	82.3	830	100.0	χ² = 0.25	0.619
Negative	37	16.3	190	83.7	227	100.0	χ² = 0.25	0.619
Time spent on online content per day
< 30 minutes	27	12.4	190	87.6	217	100.0	χ² = 12.10	0.007**
30-59 minutes	63	15.4	345	84.6	408	100.0
60-119 minutes	39	19.3	163	80.7	202	100.0
120+ minutes	55	23.9	175	76.1	230	100.0
Time spent on online content per day (minutes)	91.68 (99.65)		71.56 (106.32)		75.06 (105.42)		t = 2.36	0.019*
Time spent to communicate per day
< 30 minutes	36	11.3	283	88.7	319	100.0	χ² = 15.71	0.001**
30-59 minutes	52	19.3	217	80.7	269	100.0
60-119 minutes	36	16.8	178	83.2	214	100.0
120+ minutes	60	23.5	195	76.5	255	100.0
Time spent to communicate per day (minutes)	119.03 (161.09)		77.42 (118.92)		84.66 (128.16)		t = 4.03	0.019*
Current economic activity
Employed	29	23.2	96	76.8	125	100.0	χ² = 3.71	< 0.001**
Student	113	17.1	548	82.9	661	100.0
Searching a job	30	15.2	168	84.8	198	100.0
Idling	12	16.4	61	83.6	73	100.0
Total	184	17.4	873	82.6	1057	100.0

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